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56. The Song of Ruth
… and Kiliyon married women there— Wives from a different People, not from their own caste. Then they both attained … next she turned and said: “My daughter, go back; to your People return.” 3. “Don’t say that to me; don’t say … Chendamangalam, and Parur. In his efforts to textualize the lyrics, Zacharia found enough significant linguistic and …
Tish-nigunim Ascribed to Yosl Tolner and the Aesthetics of the Genre
… Their melodies were simple and relatively short, with the lyrics the core element dictating the musical choices. … the number of unstressed syllables to vary. Thus, the lyrics’ rhythmic flexibility dictates a corresponding … infinitely richer than those available to Hasidim, ordinary people whose vocal abilities were rather limited. …
8-11. A Ya Nass!
… in the Egyptian dawr genre, titled “A Ya Nass” (“Oh People”), showcases his Egyptian influences. The ensemble … and Haskel Shaul, an Iraqi Jew, on percussion. Both the lyrics and music were composed by Aharon. According to …
A Recovered Voice from the Past
… in this formulation consisted of the commemoration of a people’s collective suffering and the veneration of its … Berlin where she assisted A[braham] Z[evi] transcribing his lyrics and in his work. She had a beautiful Hebrew … was going on in his room. We could see different types of people and their varied manners of expressing their feelings …
“Die alte Kasche” (Volkslied) – The Old Question (Folksong)
… folksong corpus for its simplest and yet philosophical lyrics. The endless cycle of questioning is answered by the … ibid. … Stutschewsky's 13 Jewish Folk Tunes … Ashkenazi people … Ashkenazim … Cello - Violoncello … Folk songs … …
El Jiwneh Hagalil (Lied der galilaischen Arbeiter) – God will Build the Galilee (Galilee Worker’s Song)
… song (Seroussi 2010). Different tunes, variations of the lyrics, arrangements and performance-practices reshaped its … … Stutschewsky's 13 Jewish Folk Tunes … Ashkenazi people … Ashkenazim … Cello - Violoncello … Folk songs … …
65. El baile de los falsos (Sida Musafija)
… , or at least its refrain, originates in an 1895 zarzuela (lyrics by P. Cadenas; music by Pedro Badía) and is not … was “composed” by Charles Borel-Clerc (1879-1959) to lyrics (by Léo Lelièvre and Paul Briollet) whose theme is … culture, reacted immediately to this hit and proceeded as people from other nations did: they wrote a cover version in …
Fog al-Nakhal (فوق النخل): Multicultural and Transnational Journeys of an Iraqi Folksong
… fits more appropriately with the theme of the text. The lyrics are sung from the perspective of a lover who looks … “Fog al-Nakhal,” reworked as “Kum Am Nachal” (Rise, People of the Inheritance), which he recorded along with … He claims to have written the piyyut “to strengthen the people” in light of the conflict in the Middle East. [9] …
Book review: James Kaplan, Irving Berlin: New York Genius
… to third parties even to cite a few words from his lyrics. As a result, the schmaltzy legends planted via … into a holiday about snow” (Roth 1994, 157). What meets people’s expectations without risking their sympathy has a … rewritten finale, and its aggressive (almost sadistic) lyrics. Kaplan also seeks to gloss over the way in which …
Review essay: Kevin C. Karnes and Emilis Melngailis, Jewish Folk Songs from the Baltics
… remain Oriental in character, since we were an Oriental people in the Land of Israel” (Geshuri 1943). A long section … . . . tell different stories” (p. xix). Yet as far as song lyrics about Jewish-Latvian encounters are concerned, I … Publishing. Bugatch, Samuel (ed.). 1961. Songs of Our People: A Collection of Hebrew and Yiddish Songs . New York: …